償う

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 償う, read つぐなう, is a transitive verb meaning to compensate for loss or atone for wrongdoing.
• Basic usage: 損害を償った repays a shop's loss; 過ちを償う seeks to atone for a past mistake.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Compensation and atonement
  • 損害 selects financial compensation, while 過ち selects moral atonement; both take を.